Contractors to Handle Marines Corps' Cyber Arsenal

June 10, 2013

One-third of the 1,000 personnel slated to handle cyber weapons for Marine Corps troops overseas will be contractors, according to the chief of the service's cyber command. Providing outsiders with inside knowledge of the military's cyber operations raises questions about the risk of leaks, now that a Booz Allen Hamilton computer specialist supporting the U.S. intelligence community has admitted to exposing the classified surveillance of Americans.